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1. Covers all coastwise cargo lifted in Scotland, regardless of its destination.
2. Covers cargoes lifted in Scotland for offshore installations and for dumping at sea.
3. Total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and the Internal and Foreign components of Inland Waterway traffic. Excludes Coastwise and One Port components of Inland Waterway traffic to avoid double counting.
4. Major ports only. There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999;and 11 from 2000 onwards.
5. Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic, the Internal component of Inland Waterway traffic, and Port exports. Excludes Coastwise and One Port components of Inland Waterway traffic to avoid double counting.
6. This is the total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and Inland Waterway traffic. No double counting exists asthe Coastwise component of Inland Waterway traffic relates to the distance travelled on inland waterways, and Coastwise traffic relates to the distance travelled at sea.
7. Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for exports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).
8. Figures for coastwise and inland waterway traffic were not available from DfT at the time of publication. They are due to be published early next year and the spreadsheets on our website will be updated at that time.

Table 9.1 (continued) Waterborne freight lifted, discharged and moved, by type of traffic
(b) Waterborne freight discharged in Scotland, and moved, by type of traffic
Note: there is no information on inland waterway traffic discharged in Scotland

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

20106

Freight discharged (weight )

million tonnes

Coastwise traffic1

Liquid bulks

3.44

4.08

3.48

3.19

3.56

4.29

3.56

3.62

2.79

2.52

..

Coal

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.01

0.04

0.02

-

..

Other

3.46

3.75

3.49

3.62

3.34

4.17

4.22

4.13

4.20

3.77

..

Total

6.90

7.83

6.98

6.83

6.90

8.46

7.79

7.79

7.01

6.29

..

One Port traffic2

From rigs

11.73

7.48

13.35

12.74

10.24

9.57

8.31

7.86

4.06

2.75

..

Sea dredged

-

-

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.01

..

Total

11.73

7.48

13.37

12.75

10.26

9.58

8.33

7.87

4.07

2.76

..

Inland waterway traffic3

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Port imports4

10.82

17.47

11.43

9.50

15.00

17.02

17.91

14.61

16.11

13.53

..

Freight moved (weight x distance)

million tonne-kilometres

Coastwise traffic1

Liquid bulks

1,660

2,130

1,770

1,610

2,060

2,120

1,811

1,907

1,444

1,445

..

Coal

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

39

12

-

..

Other

770

940

850

900

630

960

1048

943

1031

953

..

Total

2,430

3,070

2,610

2,520

2,690

3,090

2,862

2,890

2,487

2,399

..

One Port traffic2

From rigs

11,750

7,490

13,380

12,780

10,270

9,580

8,325

7,870

4,067

2,762

..

Sea dredged

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

11,750

7,490

13,380

12,780

10,270

9,580

8,325

7,870

4,067

2,762

..

Inland waterway traffic3

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Port imports5

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

1. Covers all coastwise cargo discharged in Scotland, whether it was loaded in Scotland or elsewhere in the UK.
2. One port traffic covers cargoes from offshore installations and sea dredged aggregates unloaded in Scotland.
3. Information about Inland Waterway traffic discharged in Scotland is not available from the statistics compiled by DfT.
4. These figures relate to major ports only (please see the notes on the Sources of the statistics). There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999; and eleven in 2000 onwards
5. Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for imports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).
6. Figures for coastwise and inland waterway traffic were not available from DfT at the time of publication. They are due to be published early next year and the spreadsheets on our website will be updated at that time.